The Grave and Hills Like White Elephants

Objective:  The students will discuss their analysis of The Grave.

1.  Get with a partner and discuss "The Grave" TTSTCANDI.

2.  Discuss "The Grave" with me.

3.  Heminway Notes

4.  Read "Hill Like White Elephants" and complete TTSTCANDI.

Happy Friday!!

Objective:  The students will write a darn good essay.

1.  Grendel Q3 Essay.  You have one perios.

No phones.
Write in pen.
Write one side only.
Do all the things that I told you to do... and it will be good.

It was nice meeting 15 of your parents yesterday!!!

Objective:  The students will see 10 different REAL AP Q3 Prompts and brainstorm in groups how they would approach each one on an essay for class.

NOTE:  RUSD has decided to NOT PAY for Turnitin.com anymore.... so feel free to plagiarize.

1.  "The Grave"... we will work with that on Monday.  Today and tomorrow we have to put Grendel to rest.

2.  Let's look at what a Q3 Prompt looks like.

https://apcentral.collegeboard.org/pdf/ap18-frq-english-literature.pdf?course=ap-english-literature-and-composition

3.  Grendel Prompt worksheet.  In groups, look at all prompts and figure out what you would write about if you were given the prompt TOMORROW to write an essay for Grendel.

4.  On the board, pick your top 2 prompts that you would LOVE to have tomorrow.  NO PROMISES!!!

Good Morning!!! Missed You!!

Objective:  The students will complete the next story in the prose unit 2.

1.  Get your folder and Q3 Study Form out.  I will call you 1 at a time for grading of each.  Be prepared to show me 3 of the following:

a)  The Destructors TTSTCANDI
b)  Allusion Notes on Pandora's Box
c)  MC Practice "New York"
d)  Essay Number 1 Miss Brill
e)  Chapter 2 Outline or Notes: Plot and Structure


2.  Read and complete TTSTCANDI for "The Grave."  If I were you, I would read the TTSTCANDI questions/prompts and that will aid your reading/analysis.

MC Test

Objective:  The students will complete their MC Midterm and a Grendel Q3 Study Form.

1.  No phones today or your MC tests will not be graded.  Write you name in the left hand corner.  And put your student number.  If I have to look up your number, it is -10% on your score.

2.  Grendel Q3 Study Form.

Here is the link:  It will be typed and submitted into Turnitin.com.  If it is more than 25% similar to another student, both will get zeros.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eDGKjWwIdRqEvwnn6bh9sZ0iq5shQrVF/view?usp=sharing

Q3 Study Form you will work on tomorrow and Monday in preparation for your Grendel Q3 Essay on Tuesday.

Finish Grendel Today

Objective:  The students will complete reading of Grendel and prepare their Grendel packet for grading.

1.  Grendel 11 PP Discussion (very short today)

2.  Grendel 12. 

3.  Complete packet.  There are 12 chapter questions and 12 theme sheets to include.  In order for easy grading.  Due Thursday.

4.  MC Q. 1 Final on Thursday.

Finish Grendel by Tuesday!!

Objective:  The students will complete Grendel Analysis.

1.  Get your Pedestrian Writing.  If you want to see GREAT paragraphs, look at Sienna's or Angela's from 1st period and Sofia's from 2nd.

2.  Discuss Grendel 10

3.  Grendel 11 reading and analysis.

Happy Friday My Favorite Class!!!

Objective:  The students will practice MC and complete Grendel 10 analysis.

1.  MC Practice:  Now, you think YOU have a tough life??  Well...

2.  Complete Chapter 10 Grendel Analysis

Have a great weekend.  If you have not organized your binder yet, get to it!

Grendel, must finish!

Objective:  The students will get through Grendel Chapter 9.

1.  Discuss Grendel 8

2.  Grendel 9

Here is the schedule for the rest of Grendel:

Today:  Grendel 9
Friday:  Grendel 10

Mon:  Grendel 11
Tuesday:  Grendel 12
Wed: SAT PSAT etc....
Thursday:  Multiple Choice First Quarter Midterm and First Quarter Binder Check and Grendel Packet Due
Friday:  Grendel Q3 Study Form (I will be in Illinois)

Monday:  Grendel Q3 Study Form (I will be in Illinois)

For Grad Gowns:  

Notes: Seniors only need to fill the form out once and will need to be logged in to their RUSD learns account in order to fill out the form. 

https://goo.gl/forms/mcL5uGTrmPhHqbHE2

Short Day

Objective:  The students will discuss Grendel Chapter 7.

1.  Grendel 7 Power Point

2.  Grendel 7 Theme Work and Questions

3.  Grendel 8

Eveline: What a great story... but so sad.

Objective:  The students will get into groups of four to really look deeper at Eveline.

1.  Get out your close read story. 

2.  Go over my close reading and highlight the specific sections you need to look at more closely.

3.  Complete TTSTCANDI in your groups.  I am going to visit each group and I want to hear/see some insightful analysis.

4.  Grendel Chapter 7

Today we have a great, but pretty depressing story!

Objective:  The students will read Eveline and TTSTCANDI Analyze.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Helen of Troy

2.  Eveline:  Close Reading and TTSTCANDI (All due tomorrow!!!

The Choir kids were so GOOD last night. Totally impressed.

Objective:  The students will read a piece and write one body paragraph that focuses on the author's use of tone.

1.  Go over Chapter 5 on point of view.

2.  "The Pedestrian" excerpt and writing.

Have a great weekend.  If you are not caught up to Chapter 6 in Grendel....  do it.

MC Thursday

Objective:  The students will outline the Chapter on POV.

1.  MC Practice:  Group EC Challenge.  Next week it is for a 1/4 grade.  Two pieces.

2.   Outline Perrine's Chapter 5 on Point of View

Every time I read Grendel, I see something new!

Objective:  The students will continue analyzing Grendel DEEPLY!!

1.  Allusion Notes:  Jesus' Tempation

2.  Grendel 5 Discussion

3.  Grendel Chapter 6

Good Morning Everyone!

Objective:  The students will discuss how to develop themes in literature.

1.  Perrine's Theme Chapter Notes/Outline Discussion

2.  Grendel Chapter 5.  Read and complete questions/theme analysis.

Quiz for sure tomorrow.  Allie...

Essay are Done

Objective:  The students will outline the Theme chapter in Perrine's.

1.  Share Grendel Chapter 4 Theme information with partner.

2.  Perrine's Chapter 4 Theme Outline for tomorrow.

Powder Puff Today!!! Come see how much football girls can learn in a week! It's pretty cool!

Objective:  The students will complete analysis of Grendel Chapter 4

1.  Grendel Quiz on Chapter 3 (10 points)

2.  Share your theme findings with your partner from Chapter 3

3.  Prose Packet Cover Sheet Handout:  Complete Tone and Lit Terms

Homework:  Grendel Chapter 4

Grendel Quiz:  Respond to the following passage from Chapter 3 in a specific paragraph that shows that you have read the chapter:  Tell context of the quote (what has happened?  What new characters were introduced?   What has happened to Hrothgar's kingdom?

At the end of the chapter:  "I was so filled with sorrow and tenderness I could hardly have found it in my heart to snatch a pig!"

"Thus I fled, ridiculous hairy creature torn apart by poetry."

Multiple Choice Thursday

Objective:  The students will compete in a MC Challenge.

1.  MC Practice

2.  Extra Credit Group MC

3.  Complete Grendel Chapter 3 Reading and Analysis

Grendel Two

Objective:  The students will discuss Chapter 2 and it's connection to today's allusion.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWOpQXTltA

2.  Grendel Chapter 2 Discussion

3.  Complete Chapter 2 Work.

4.  No Reading Tonight.  Get caught up if needed.

Grendel Chapter 1.... What did you think?

Objective:  The students will dive deeper into Grendel Chapter 1.

1.  Allusion Notes:  "Sisyphus"

2.  Grendel Group Work:  Look deeper.  Share what you saw.

3.  Grendel Chapter 1 PP Discussion:  What did I see?

4.  Grendel Chapter 2:  Read.

Grendel Chapter 1

Objective:  The students will know the background to Grendel.

1.  Allusion Notes:  Zodiac

2.  Grendel Intro PP

3.  Grendel Chapter 1 Themes, Philosophy and Questions

MC Friday

Objective:  The students will practice a prose piece.

1.  MC Practice

2.  Define the following Terms on the paper:

allegory, personification, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, allusions, speculations, aesthetic, pragmatic, subjective, objective, romantic, arrogant

3.  Grendel starts Monday.

Tomorrow You Write

Read below the following passage from Katherine Mansfield’s story “Miss Brill.”  Then write a careful analysis of how the narrator reveals the character of Miss Brill.  You may emphasize whichever devices (tone, imagery, point of view) that you find most significant.

1.  Active Shooter Discussion

2.  Prepare Prose Packet for Grade and Show your binder.  90 points.

3.  Discuss Miss Brill Close Reading.  You will not have the complete story tomorrow.

Sub tomorrow.  If you are late, you only have your regular period top write it, so don't be late (Allie).

Read below the following passage from Katherine Mansfield’s story “Miss Brill.” Then write a careful analysis of how the narrator reveals the character of Miss Brill. You may emphasize whichever devices (tone, imagery, point of view) that you find most significant.

Objective:  The students will think about how they would use Miss Brill to complete the prompt above.

Note:  Myscholly.com was not working.  It is now:

rwarren@rusd.k12.ca.us
Jeffrey1

1.  Allusion Notes

2.  Miss Brill discussion

3.  Tomorrow we will turn in the Prose Packet 1 for 100 points,  Put everything in order of the cover sheet.  I am also going to look at your binder for THIS CLASS for 10 points.  Have it.  Organized.

Grendel: Did you get it?

Objective:  The students will complete discussion of "The Lighthouse" and finish their last story from the first Prose Packet.

1.  Let me see you copy of Grendel.

2.  Allusion Notes:  Narcissus and Echo"

2. Read over one more time "The Lighthouse"

3.  Discuss and go over the questions.

4.  Begin "Miss Brill" and the TTSTCANDI

Don't Forget Grengel on Monday!!

Objective:  Then students will practice MC part of the AP Test.

1.  Allusion Notes:  The Triple Goddess

2.  Finish All Presentations (50 points to computer today)

3.  MC Practice:  The Lighthouse

After grading:  List 10 vocabulary words that you need to know for this piece.  Look them up and write definitions on the practice handout.

Homework:  .  Need your Grendel Book on Monday.

Objective:  The students will discuss their TTSTCANDI Analysis of "How I Met My Husband"

1.  Allusion Notes:  Colors
2.  TTSTCANDI Check (10 points)
3.  Presentations
4.  "How I Met My Husband" Presentation and Discussion
5.  Diction and Tone Practice

Colors in Lit:

White:  Traditionally means purity, goodness.  In Literary fiction, it often means winter, approach of old age and death.

Orange:  Midday, high noon of existence, harvest, pride and ambition.

Black:  Sorrow, evil, death, void, corruption, destruction and despair.

Gray:  Mediocrity and depression.

Red:  Sexual passion, the first time, anger, healthy spontaneity.

Green:  Youth, vigor, nature, fertility, growth hope and change.

Yellow:  Sickness and weakness.

Purple:  Royalty, riches, quickening of human life.

Violet:  Colder than purple, suggests death approaching, memory, knowledge, sorrow and mourning.

Blue:  Truth, dawning of human life, intellect, color of morning.

Finish "How I Met My Husband"

Objective:  The students will complete analysis of the story.

1.  Literary Allusion:  Baptism

2.  Presentations:  Two More Per Day.

3.  Complete TTSTCANDI of "How I Met My Husband"  due tomorrow COMPLETE.

How was your long weekend? Rested?

Objective:  The students will discuss Characterization and Characters from Chapter 3. 

1.  Allusion Notes:  Adam and Eve

2.  Presentations: 

3.  Chapter 3 Discussion

4.  Read and TTSTCANDI "How I Met My Husband"

Important Dates:        Summer Work Due:  September 14
                                   Grendel Novel:         September 10
                                  AP Readiness Class at UCR:  September 29  9 am to 2 -pm (25 points EC)

Thanks for being great for the sub!

Objective:  The students will discuss Chapter 3 outline.

1.  Important Dates:  Summer Work Due:  September 14
                                  Grendel Novel:         September 10
                                  AP Readiness Class at UCR:  September 29  9 am to 2 -pm (25 points EC)

2.  Chapter 3 Outline Discussion and check (10 points)

3.  Multiple Choice Thursday (plus one):  The Chimes by Charles Dickens

Homework:  Relax.  Have a great long weekend!

Presentations and TTSTCANDI

Objective:  The students will complete final discussion of "The Destructors"

Note:  I will be at an all day meeting tomorrow.  We will move Multiple Choice Practice to Friday.  Tomorrow you will complete the outline of Chapter 3 of your book on Characterization.  So make sure that your book is back here.

1.  Presentations (five)

2.  TTSTCANDI

Discussion:  If you were given this prompt on an AP Prose Essay, what would you write about?

Printed below is the complete text of a short story by Graham Greene.  Read the story carefully.  Then write an essay in which you show how the author uses literary devices to achieve his purpose.  (Suggested time:  40 minutes)

Back to School Night! Anyone Coming?

Objective:  The students will complete their DEEP analysis of "The Destructors"

1.  Allusion Notes:  St. Paul
2.  Presentations (Let's do five)
3.  Video Clip:  Donnie Darko
4.  Complete TTSTCANDI for "The Destructors"

Today We Do Presentations

Objective:  The students will teach the material covered in their Summer Reading Book.

1.  Get your personal statements.  Most just need clean up for a better grade. Some need a bit more.

2.  How to Read Lit Like a Professor Presentations 1-5

3.  The Destructors TTSTCANDI.

Busy Day for a Friday!!

Objective:  The students will complete a bunch of stuff today!  How's that for specific?

Grab a Chromebook.

1.  Noah Allusion
2.  Digital Awareness #5 and Assessment.

http://bit.ly/12thdcu  
 
3.  Chapter 2 Power Point:  Plot and Structure
4.  "The Destructors" intro Power Point and TTSTCANDI Handout.
5.  Presentations of How to Read Lit Like a Professor

A Little More MC Practice

Objective:  The students will read another MC Selection.  This time they will do a little better than the first time.

1.  Jesus Christ Allusion Notes

2.  Digital Awareness Lesson 3 and 4

3.  TTSTCANDI Power Point

4.  MC Practice:  "The Name New York"  Read Closely.  Read Slowly.  What Do You See?

5.  Complete the questions, share and score.

6.  How to Read Like a Professor Presentations 1-5

7.  Homework:  Read "The Destructors" in Perrine's

Almost Ready to Read....

Objective:  The students will outline a chapter on Plot and Structure before we read our first story.

1.  Outline Chapter 2 Plot and Structure.

2.  Work on Presentations of Summer Work.  First 5 are tomorrow.  100 points. Be sure to follow directions.

Summer Work Presentation Discussion

Objective:  The students will know expectations for summer work presentations.

1.  Digital Awareness Day 2

2.  Summer Work Presentations Handout

3.  Go over Tone Terms and Lit Device Terms

4.  Go over TTSTCANDI:  Handout.  There will be a quiz on Friday.

Begin Presentation Work:  use this link:

http://mseffie.com/assignments/professor/How%20to%20Read%20Literature%20like%20a%20Professor%202nd.pdf

OK So did you make yourself sound sincere about getting into college?

Objective:  The students will discuss diction, tome and Chapter 1 of Perrine's.

1a)  Hand in your personal statement.

1b) Student Teacher Intro:  Cody Le from UCR

2.  District Digital Awareness Training (mandatory)

3.  School Handbook Presentation (mandatory 2-4 periods)

4.  Diction and Tone Handouts.

5.  Chapter 1 Outline Discussion

Link:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ex5zBbqsLMe_sgp1Z_VH2ovTzX7L13V/view?usp=sharing

6.  Complete Tone and MC Vocab.

One Week Already! Have you learned something each day? That is the expectation!

Objective:  The students will read other Personal Statements to grade.  The students then will outline Chapter 1 of Perrine's.

1.  Using yesterday's MC Practice Sheet.  Please fill in your score for MY OWN PERSONAL DATA.  This will help me see where you are at without having to put grades in the gradebook.

2.  Get in groups of 3.  Pass your typed personal statement to others in your group.  Grade them on a scale of 1-9.  Nine being awesome.  1 being something like what I showed you not to do on the example.

3.  Discuss your "grades" with your partners.  Using their recommendations.  Take it home and make corrections before I get to read them.  Due again Monday.

4.  Prose Handouts:  Today complete the outline for Chapter 1 using the guide that I have given you.

Handout 1:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/10QNK1cIgRYmRXyvMOmzMl88xVvwpSqnp/view?usp=sharing

Handout 2:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1op-DvRi9CDw4NGh7UjlApf5NgvdOpJpg/view?usp=sharing

Our first MC Practice

Objective:  The students will get their first look at the Multiple Choice Section of the AP Test.

1.  The copier was broken upstairs, so here is a link to Jason's Cheat Sheet for Letters of Rec.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12FAqRpc8K-nw-fZ6GnmHhxVAdbR_zFYC/view?usp=sharing

2.  Multiple Choice Prose Practice #1.

Content:  The subject or ideas of something written
Form:  The shape, arrangement of the body
Style:  The way language is used

Keys to this piece of literature:

• Understanding and identifying lit devices (terms)
• Noticing irony and shifts in tone
• Noticing author's style:  CAPs
• Vocabulary

3.  Personal Statement Due tomorrow Typed and Printed.  MLA Heading, Number Question and Word Count.

How Are YOU Going to Pay For College?

Objective:  The students will know what the UC system requires for the Personal Insights Questions and write one of their own Personal Statements.

1.  Brief Rules for class:  Bathroom, Phone, Eating, and Cheating.
2.  Personal Statement Handout
3.  Video One:  What is a Personal Insight and What should you do on it?

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/personal-questions/index.html

4.  Why you should do this even if you are not planning on attending a UC school.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGxwyU6SL3s&t=3s

5.  Begin writing.  It is due typed and printed on Friday.

Note:  Myscholly.com account

You can use my account free.  rwarren@rusd.k12.ca.us   Password:  Jeffrey1

You can change student information and interests to suite yourself.  Just do not change login or password.

 

Well Yesterday went well and you are all back... so let's try another one.

Objective:  The students will look at an example of the Prose section of the AP Literature test.

Note:  Summer Work due into Google by September 14 (100 points)

1.  Prompt Number 2.
     a)  Breakdown the prompt
     b)  Read and annotate the story
     c)  Outline your paper
     d)  Pair up and compare what each of you would write about and share specific details you would use to support.
     e)  Write the intro
     d)  Discuss

Homework:  Get a binder that you will use all year.  Organize it how you would like in order to use it and reference throughout the year and to study for the AP Exam.  I would do something like:  Prose, Poetry, Open Source, MC Practice, Essays.

Welcome to the FIRST DAY of one of the best years of your life!

Objective:  The students (and teacher) will feel comfortable in an environment of learning, inquiry, taking chances and experiencing literature through reading, writing and discussing.

1.  Sit anywhere that you feel comfortable and you will not be distracted.

2.  Roll and Intro:  AP Scores from last year:  Warren 38% 12/32 pass.  1's (4)   5 (1)
                                                                           S:  43%
                                                                           H:  44%

3.  Summer Work:  It was supposed to be completed yesterday.  How many of you did it?  1000 point test tomorrow!

4.  Poetry Prompt:
     a)  If this prompt was given to you as one part of the AP test, what are the steps that you would take to complete the task?

    b)  Read the poem:  What would you do if you had 40 minutes to read, analyze and write?

    c)  Discuss:  What would/could you write about?  What would you use as support?

  
    d)  Write:  Write the Intro Paragraph

FOCUS ON THINGS THAT YOU UNDERSTAND.... NOT WHAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!

And Done...

Objective:  The students will present their final projects.

1.  Last Day to Present.


Seniors.  Thanks for being an awesome group for me to learn how to teach AP.  I could not have asked for anything more.

Now go out there and make a difference in the world.

Loved all of you!  Well except...

Three More Days

Objective:  The students will present their work.

Projects??

Last day is Friday.

Congratulations Seniors! You kicked our butts!!!

Objective:  The seniors will complete any last minute project stuff.

1.  Thanks for helping with the game Friday.  So far we have made 5229.

Here is the link for 1350 pictures that Mr. Williamson took of every play of the game.

https://naturelightphotography.smugmug.com/organize/School/Seniors-vs-Staff/SS-Softball-2018

2.  Congratulations Varsity Softball.  Great season!

3.  Work on projects.  They are due on Friday.